As the Centennial year for the Boy Scouts of America winds down, let’s rewind 50 years to BSA Golden Jubilee (50 years) and the 1960 National Jamboree held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The following images show several neckerchiefs one with a handmade look to it (Troop 52) and four with the same design, but of different colors. I assume these each represent different troops from Kaw Council…but I don’t have information to back that up. I found three of the neckerchiefs (red, yellow, green) together with a “Prairie Village” red and white community strip and a “77” troop numeral patch (not two separate 7s, but one patch with two 7s). Troop 77 may have been one of the jamboree troops from Kaw Council. Also, the Troop 52 neckerchief could be out of Lawrence, Kansas, home to non-Jamboree Troop 52. This could have been made for Scouts that visited the Jamboree from Lawrence or a 2nd neckerchief for one of the four troops…or something else altogether. Have a look:
Kaw Council Troop 52, 1960 National Jamboree Neckerchief
Kaw Council 1960 National Jamboree neckerchief, blue
Kaw Council 1960 National Jamboree neckerchief, yellow
Kaw Council 1960 National Jamboree neckerchief, red
Kaw Council 1960 National Jamboree neckerchief, green (top) and Camp Naish 1960 Staff neckerchief (bottom)
As always, if you have more images to add, please let me know!
